10SystemsofLinearEquations
Exercise10.3.
Findthegeneralsolutionsofthefollowingsystems.Indicatetwodistinctparticular solutions: a)
2
x
1
−
x
2
+
x
3
−
x
4
= 0
−
x
1
+ 3
x
2
−
x
3
+ 2
x
4
= 0
x
1
+ 2
x
2
+
x
4
= 0
b)
−
x
1
+ 2
x
3
+
x
4
= 02
x
1
−
x
2
+ 2
x
3
−
x
4
= 0
x
1
+ 2
x
2
−
x
3
= 02
x
1
+
x
2
+ 3
x
3
= 0
c)
x
1
+
x
2
+ 2
x
3
+ 3
x
4
= 02
x
1
−
3
x
2
+ 4
x
3
+
x
4
= 04
x
1
−
x
2
+ 8
x
3
+ 7
x
4
= 0
d)
x
1
−
x
2
+ 2
x
3
=
−
3
x
2
+
x
3
=
−
2
x
1
−
2
x
2
+
x
3
=
−
1
Exercise10.4.
Findoneofthebasissolutionsofthefollowingsystems: a)
x
1
−
x
2
+
x
3
−
x
4
=
−
12
x
1
+
x
2
−
3
x
3
+
x
4
= 5
b)
x
1
−
2
x
2
= 12
x
2
+
x
3
=
−
1
x
1
+
x
3
= 0
c)
x
1
−
x
2
+
x
3
+ 2
x
4
= 0
−
x
1
+ 2
x
2
+
x
3
= 1
−
2
x
2
+ 3
x
4
=
−
2
d)
−
2
x
1
+
x
3
+
x
4
= 5
x
1
+
x
2
−
x
3
=
−
23
x
1
+ 2
x
3
+
x
5
=
−
2
Exercise10.5.
Findallbasissolutionsofthesystems: a)
x
1
−
2
x
2
+ 3
x
4
= 2
−
2
x
1
+ 4
x
2
+
x
3
+
x
4
= 3
b)
x
1
+
x
2
+
x
3
= 1
−
2
x
1
+ 2
x
2
+ 3
x
3
=
−
1
−
x
1
+ 3
x
2
+ 4
x
3
= 0
c)
−
5
x
2
+
x
5
= 3+ 6
x
2
+
x
4
= 3
x
1
−
7
x
2
= 28
x
2
+
x
3
= 1
d)
x
1
+
x
2
+
x
3
= 3
−
2
x
1
+ 2
x
2
+ 3
x
3
= 3
−
x
1
+ 3
x
2
+ 4
x
3
= 6
Exercise10.6.
Solvethesystemofequationsbymeansofelementaryoperationsonrows.Whatare thebasisvariablesandthefreevariablesofthefoundgeneralsolution.Indicatetwodistinctparticular solutionsofthesystem,oneofthemshouldbethebasissolution.Findtheconditionsforthegeneral solutiontobenonnegative a)
x
+ 2
y
+ 3
z
+
t
= 12
x
+ 4
y
−
z
+ 2
t
= 23
x
+ 6
y
+ 10
z
+ 3
t
= 3
x
+
y
+
z
+
t
= 0
b)
2
x
+
y
+
z
+ 2
t
= 16
x
−
2
y
+ 3
z
+
t
= 3
−
x
+
y
+ 2
z
−
5
t
=
−
9
x
+
y
+
z
= 8
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